ငုစပ်

Burmese

Etymology

ငု (ngu., “Indian laburnum”) +‎ စပ် (cap, “to be hot in taste; to blend”)

Pronunciation
  • Phonetic respelling: ငုဇပ်
  • IPA(key): /ŋṵzaʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ngu.cap • ALA-LC: ṅucapʻ • BGN/PCGN: ngu.zat • Okell: ngúsaʔ

Noun

ငုစပ် • (ngu.cap)

  1. apple blossom tree (Cassia javanica)
  2. its subspecies
    1. Cassia javanica subsp. renigera (syn. C. renigera[1])
    2. pink cassia (Cassia javanica subsp. agnes, syn. C. nodosa[1])
      Synonym: ငုသိမ် (ngu.sim)

References
  1. Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 123

Further reading
  • “ငုဇတ်, ငုရွှေ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 330.
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